Category: Business by Design
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I should grow my business “geometrically”?
I'd written a #SmarTini tip for Twitter and Facebook the other day stating that we should grow our businesses "geometrically".… Read More >
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Sometimes it pays to just “go away”
I've been traveling a lot more than usual this year — to conferences, for business retreats, scouting locations for my next… Read More >
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Marketing Mess — Making Clients Do The Work
I don’t know about you, but I love to have fresh flowers on my desk and around my house. In… Read More >
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Credibility GONE – Are you risking yours by doing this?
Click here to listen… Imagine your excitement: You just gave up your credit card info and plunked down money on… Read More >
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Confusion over CAN-SPAM law
I've noticed a bit of confusion about the CAN-SPAM law after my Marketing Mess: 16 out of 21 business owners… Read More >
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Marketing Mess: 16 out of 21 business owners are guilty
It's no secret that I like to send cards to clients and colleagues on their birthdays — I'm known at… Read More >
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Paint & Makeup are doing it — are you?
While watching a bit of tv this weekend, I noticed that everyone's jumping on the "do once, get maximum results"… Read More >
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Are you making these 6 marketing mistakes?
Click here to listen… Many business owners, especially online, preach about “marketing with integrity” and “marketing authentically” and then immediately… Read More >
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[SmarTiniTip] Is Your Writing Doing MINIMUM Triple Duty?
When it comes to the online marketing of your business, one of the best things you can do is write… Read More >
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What happens when you fail to track
For the past month I've been involved in a 30 day blogging challenge hosted by Connie Ragen Green and have… Read More >
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Twitter Suspension of Accounts — Were You Prepared?
Twitter was all a tweeting with the unexpected suspension of thousands of accounts yesterday — it was a human error… Read More >
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Marketing Mess of the Week: “Soft Selling”
I recently ordered a book from Amazon and the authors signed me up for their newsletter (nowhere on the page… Read More >
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2 FREE Visibility Tools for Your Business
It's almost impossible trying to keep up with everything you should know in your business, let alone all the places… Read More >
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Do you fully embrace your freedom to. . .
During this week of Independence holidays in the US and Canada, I have to wonder. . . Do you fully… Read More >
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Gmail and Your HTML Newsletter
I wanted to make you aware of a recent problem with Google's gmail accounts. Take a look at the snapshot… Read More >
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Does your business need a reality check?
Click here to listen… During a consultation last week, I was speaking with a 5-figure business owner who wanted to… Read More >
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Where do you go from here?
Click here to listen… Just yesterday I was talking with a new client who’s invested thousands of dollars on programs,… Read More >
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LinkedIn — A simple way to get “Recommendations”
Anyone who's ever used LinkedIn knows that one of it's many features is letting others write "recommendations" about you. And… Read More >